A recently published study explores the relationship between sea spiders and bacteria. Discover more and meet one of the ...

With summer here, more spiders and bees are coming. Read to learn about the pain of spider bites and bee stings, and which ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

Researcher Chris Hamilton collects a tarantula in Sonora, Mexico, in an undated photo. Since 2016, Hamilton has been involved in the identification of 15 new species of giant spiders in North America.

A Northern California photographer captured footage of an extremely rare fox in Lassen Volcanic National Park this winter.

Three newly-discovered species of deep sea 'spiders' farm methane-eating bacteria on their own bodies in a symbiosis quite ...

According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.

Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their bodies that feed on the energy-rich gas. This expands the set of organisms ...

They were kind of on a vacation, getting fed twice a day, with no stress of predators,” a university researcher said.

A research team led by Occidental College has identified a previously unknown symbiosis; deep sea spiders that cultivate and ...

In fact, each of the three sea spider species collected for the study were from different areas off the coast of Southern California and Alaska — a clue that the populations are highly localized.